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Nickel Dermatitis
I run a captive-nickel plating shop. Is there some type of a test for allergies to nickel—nickel dermatitis—that can be administered prior to hiring an individual for my shop?
Ask an Expert Published: 2/1/2012
Visible Nickel
Will areas that are not plated with decorative chrome corrode more rapidly than the areas that are coated?
Ask an Expert Published: 1/17/2012
Adhesion to Electroless Nickel
Is there a process to improve paint adhesion to a high-phosphate, nickel-plated surface?
Ask an Expert Published: 1/9/2012
Contamination in Nickel Tank
We are doing nickel electroforming on copper molds. Before plating, we etch the copper molds using phosphoric acid. We have discovered that we have phosphorus contamination in our nickel plating solution. Is there a way to remove this contamination?
Ask an Expert Published: 12/13/2011
Solder Failures and Nickel Plated Parts
Is there any relationship between the amount of brightener and grain refiner in a nickel sulfamate bath and solder failure?
Ask an Expert Published: 9/22/2011
eeling Gold Revisited
Our plating shop is having problems with plating gold components that have been nickel plated. We find that we get inconsistent results with the gold adhering to the nickel plate. This causes peeling and blistering of the gold plate.
Ask an Expert Published: 9/22/2011
Plating Electrolytic Nickel on EN
We have adhesion problems when plating nickel over electroless nickel. The bath analysis for both solutions is within the required tolerances. We are not using a nickel strike prior to the electrolytic nickel plating step. Do you have any suggestion...
Ask an Expert Published: 9/22/2011
Nickel Balls
We have a problem with our EN (high-P): after two to three turnovers, we have nickel balls (about 50-100 microns) forming on our parts; after one to two more turnovers it’s OK again.
Ask an Expert Published: 9/22/2011
Electroless Nickel on Aluminum
s there a special process for plating electroless nickel on aluminum?
Ask an Expert Published: 8/26/2011
Nickel in a Barrel
Our company does a lot of bright nickel plating. One area that we have problems with is the barrel nickel plating of parts that have somewhat complex geometries. For example, the nickel plating on the inside of some parts becomes dark after drying.
Ask an Expert Published: 5/1/2011

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